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Eritropidae

Bivalvia - Afghanodesmatida - Eritropidae

Taxonomy
Eritropidae was named by Cope (2000).

It was assigned to Protobranchia by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Afghanodesmatoidea by Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Eritropidae Cope
2010Eritropidae Bouchet et al. p. 114
2011Eritropidae Carter et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderAfghanodesmatida
superfamilyAfghanodesmatoideaScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
familyEritropidaeCope 2000
familyEritropidaeCope 2000

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Eritropidae Cope 2000
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G. †Biseriodonta Fang and Cope 2004
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Biseriodonta simplex Fang and Cope 2004
G. †Eritropis Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
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Eritropis opiformis Tate 1896
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Abereiddian or 468.00000 to 461.10000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3China Biseriodonta simplex (232225)
Abereiddian468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) Eritropis peregrinata (20699)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Australia (Northern Territory) Eritropis opiformis (77699 79154 79199 79242) Eritropis sp. A (79123)